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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 04:14:40 -0800 (PST)
From: James Merritt <jamesem_99 AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: RE: trouble using scanf on double arguments under Windows2000
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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Hi,

I modernized my Cygwin last night, but have not had a
chance to try some of the offending programs.  When I
was using an older version, some programs exhibit the
problem and some would not, it was really weird.
Tonight, I will try to find one or two programs that
did not work properly and see if they work with the
new Cygwin, if not then I will have to try to figure
out what is causing it instead of looking for a
workaround as Christopher suggested.

By the way, I just thought of this and I don't know if
this makes a difference, but when I had the problem
before I was using Windows 95.  I have since moved on
to Windows NT 4.0 with service pack 6, maybe that will
make a difference?   

Have a nice day.

James Merritt

--- "Sonnenschein, Roland Dr." <sonne AT csd DOT de> wrote:
> Since I modernized my Cygwin installation the
> problem does not appear any
> more.
> I should have done this before complaining. Sorry
> for the inconvenience.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 5:32 PM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Cc: jamesem_99 AT yahoo DOT com; sonne AT csd DOT de
> Subject: Re: trouble using scanf on double arguments
> under Windows2000
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 04:58:32AM -0800, James
> Merritt wrote:
> >I like Cygwin and will continue to support it and
> would like to
> >continue playing with it and writing programs under
> Cygwin.  I do not
> >want to blame gcc or Cygwin because I like them,
> but I want to know
> >what is causing this behavior as well and is there
> a workaround.
> 
> In a free software project, you shouldn't have to
> think in terms of
> "workarounds".  Instead think "How do I fix the
> problem".
> 
> The sources for scanf are available.  They're in
> newlib/libc/stdio/scanf.c .
> 
> If you think there is a problem, then the best way
> to address it is to
> investigate patching it and sending the patch to
> newlib AT sources DOT redhat DOT com.
> 
> cgf
> 
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